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Definition of raise : 1. To bring into being; to produce; to cause to arise, come forth, or appear; - often with up.
2. To bring to a higher condition or situation; to elevate in rank, dignity, and the like; to increase the value or estimation of; to promote; to exalt; to advance; to enhance; as, to raise from a low estate; to raise to office; to raise the price, and the like.
3. To bring to notice; to submit for consideration; as, to raise a point of order; to raise an objection.
4. To bring together; to collect; to levy; to get together or obtain for use or service; as, to raise money, troops, and the like.
5. To bring up from the lower world; to call up, as a spirit from the world of spirits; to recall from death; to give life to.
6. To cause ( the land or any other object) to seem higher by drawing nearer to it; as, to raise Sandy Hook light.
7. To cause to arise, grow up, or come into being or to appear; to give rise to; to originate, produce, cause, effect, or the like.
8. To cause to grow; to procure to be produced, bred, or propagated; to grow; as, to raise corn, barley, hops, etc.; toraise cattle.
9. To cause to rise up, or assume an erect position or posture; to set up; to make upright; as, to raise a mast or flagstaff.
10. To cause to rise, as by the effect of leaven; to make light and spongy, as bread.
11. To cause to rise; to bring from a lower to a higher place; to lift upward; to elevate; to heave; as, to raise a stone or weight.
12. To cause to spring up from a recumbent position, from a state of quiet, or the like; to awaken; to arouse.
13. To create or constitute; as, to raise a use, that is, to create it.
14. To elevate in degree according to some scale; as, to raise the pitch of the voice; to raise the temperature of a room.
15. To form by the accumulation of materials or constituent parts; to build up; to erect; as, to raise a lofty structure, a wall, a heap of stones.
16. To give rise to; to set agoing; to occasion; to start; to originate; as, to raise a smile or a blush.
17. To give vent or utterance to; to utter; to strike up.
18. To increase the strength, vigor, or vehemence of; to excite; to intensify; to invigorate; to heighten; as, to raise the pulse; to raise the voice; to raise the spirits or the courage; to raise the heat of a furnace.
19. To let go; as in the command, tacks and sheets, i. e., Let go tacks and sheets.
20. To rouse to action; to stir up; to incite to tumult, struggle, or war; to excite.

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elevate (part of speech: verb)

hoist, rear, erect, upraise, lift, exalt, escalate, uplift, levitate, rise

increase (part of speech: verb)

broaden, increment, extend, addition, augment, grow, add, enlarge, boost, fatten, lengthen, elevate, maximize, inflate, salary increment, heighten, burgeon, increase, promotion, upgrade, reinforce, magnify, widen, expand, advance, accrue, amplify, multiply

heighten (part of speech: verb)

loft

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